Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1502 in Software
• Brand: Avanquest Software
• Model: 5016488110785
• Released on: 2004-10-01
• Platforms: Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows Me, Windows XP, No Operating System
• Number of items: 1

Manufacturer's Description
Always wanted to write your own novel but didn't know where to start?

Well, with Write your own Novel Professional you'll have everything you need to create a masterpiece.

Easy-to-use
This easy-to-use program will give you the confidence to plan and write a novel from scratch, helping you methodically develop, organise and refine your story.

Characters
Create characters with the help of a database which can create 800,000 names and add personalities using the program's profiling systems.

Events
The flexibility of this program allows you to adjust ideas and track events, dates and characters. You can brainstorm the background to your story then leave and return to a clear record of where your thoughts were heading something that's harder to achieve using written notes.

Ideas and Notes
Simply jot down your ideas and notes for the story which have not yet been incorporated, safe in the knowledge they won't be lost. You can even use the 'generate new ideas' function to give you inspiration if you are having an unimaginative day.

Formatting
Once you've finished your story, this software will automatically convert your writing into a formatted manuscript style, ready to be sent off for publication.

Submissions Tracker.
A perfect tool to help keep a record of where and who you've sent your story to, whether it was accepted or rejected, and even when your work was published.

Customer Reviews

A NIGHTMARE TO USE-RUBBISH - RUBBISH - RUBBISH!
I had nothing but trouble and hassle with this program. It wouldn't save then saved additional programmes and left lots of icons on the desk top. It won't save the whole programme, standalone, so I was forced to save every few lines I wrote, then those lines disappeared plus many other issues to bothersome to note, i've had it with this piece of rubbish! even the huge, wide box hides a tiny, single CD that I guess is designed to make it look more expensive. SHOULD BE £5.99 - NOT £29.99 - RUBBISH!

Not for everyone
I personally swear by this program. I use it to write my novels and have had no problems with it. However if you find a standard word processors OK then this program isn't for you. However if like me, you find standard wordprocessors useless for writing then you might like to give it a go.

Really, don't bother.
This is a truly awful piece of software. Whilst it may well be useful to be able to organise ideas for writing into subsections regarding character, event, location etc. etc.; it is simply ABOMINABLE that you can lose hours of irretrievable creative work at the click of a mouse. I was lucky that I had the foresight to mess around with it a little before putting in any serious work. Every time I switched tabs to differing sections of information I had entered another piece of said information would just disappear. This one simple bug makes the package completely unusable unless you are prepared to save every tiny detail you enter bit by bit - we're talking sentences here. I was also annoyed that GSP saw fit to package the program in a large box (presumably in an effort to make it look professional) which contained one CD and no printed manual. I can't explain my frustration and disappointment enough. The features SEEM useful but the information loss just destroys the program completely. This product should be removed from sale period.